4. The Exorcist (1973)
Adapted by the author of the equally terrifying novel, The Exorcist is one of the scariest movies of all time. The common thought about how much tamer horror movies were in the past doesn’t apply to this film. This is not a subtly spooky thriller like Cat People. It is gory, gross, and deeply unsettling. Jason Miller’s performance as Father Karras is troubled and stoic, and it remains the defining idea of what an exorcist is in the public imagination.
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